I am excited to share a new article out in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. In it, my coauthors and I assess how Sargassum macroalgae, when washed up onto beaches, affects the incubation…

Hot off the press, my collaborators and I just had a new article come out in the journal Climate Change Ecology. The title does a good job of summarizing the big take home message: The Atlantic…

I am excited to share a new review out in the journal BioScience. In it, my coauthors and I explore what global warming means for sea turtle populations. We highlight fascinating new research but also point…

Hot off the press, I recently published a short paper with my coauthor Dr. Seth Stapleton that describes how gradients in sand organic matter on Caribbean beaches match gradients in color. This is a very simple premise,…

Check out a my new post in the Burford Reiskind Lab‘s “Conservation Currents” blog. It briefly details how I found a research opportunity and implemented a plan to make it into a grad school project. Read it…

This year has brought a cultural reckoning as the anti-Black racism inherent in so much of America and its systems has been laid bare in the collective conscience of society like never before. As a person…

Our new review paper on the genetic processes and considerations underlying urban invasions is now out in Oecologia! Check it out HERE. This review originated from a class on invasion genetics and was spearheaded by Emily…

Collaborator Dr. Chris Thawley and his colleague recently published an interesting paper illuminating the consequences of nighttime artificial light use by diurnal anoles (catch the pun?). Check out the new paper HERE! Our previous publication offers natural history…

Pivoting in a different direction with the holidays approaching, I wanted to share a fun project spearheaded by Michelle Jewell, the Chief Science Communicator for NC State’s Department of Applied Ecology. Check out the carol she…

Dr. Kathryn Levasseur and her colleagues recently published a must-read paper exploring natal homing in Caribbean hawksbills. Check it out HERE. Primarily through the lens of population genetics, their findings show high natal homing precision to our…